Brazilians believe that Santos Dumont was the first to fly an airplane. Don't argue that when…read morevisiting his little cottage, named by him as "enchanted" It was his home on his last days. Observe how creative he made his shower, how the very high slope half step stairs was designed such as the first step the right foot, meaning good luck.

Beautiful house with lots of neat things to look at. The grounds are pretty and plenty of area to…read morewalk around. They make you wear slippers over your shoes to protect the original hard wood floors. It's a little slippery and can be dangerous. They let the elderly and stroller pushers avoid the slippery mess. I think it's a ploy for them to get us to polish the floors, since we're scooting around in slipper buffing the hard wood floor. Unfortunately, they make you check your bags in and no picture taking is allowed. Maybe it's so more people will buy their gift books or for more people to visit so can actually see what they have. So no pictures inside the beautiful house, is a bit of a downer. Otherwise, is definitely worth seeing if your in Petrópolis.

Very instructive. Autentic items. Easy to by tickets and it is possible to visit all rooms in about…read more1hr. Missing coins and more audio visual exibitions.